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Dear Devotees,
Here’s a gift for Lord Nityananda’s appearance day.
It can be used for Sunday schools or Gurukula’s, for performance or for future reference.
Thank you very much.
Begging to remain your servant,
Mrgaksi Dasi
Source: http://www.dandavats.com/?p=2769
Today is Varaha-dvadasi, Lord Varaha’s appearance day. Srila Prabhupada spoke on this occasion in Los Angeles on February 18, 1970:
“Today is the incarnation day of Lord Krishna’s appearing as the Boar. He lifted the world when it was submerged within the water of Garbhodaka Ocean. The universe which we are seeing is only half. The other half is filled with water, and in that water Garbhodakasayi Vishnu is lying.
“So, one demon, Hiranyaksa, pushed this earthly planet within that water, and Lord
अध्याय चार – ब्रह्माण्ड में हिरण्यकशिपु का आतंक (7.4)
1 नारद मुनि ने कहा: ब्रह्माजी हिरण्यकशिपु की दुष्कर तपस्या से अत्यन्त प्रसन्न थे। अतएव जब उसने वरों की याचना की तो उन्होंने निस्सन्देह वे दुर्लभ वर प्रदान कर दिये।
2 ब्रह्माजी ने कहा: हे हिरण्यकशिपु, तुमने जो वर माँगे हैं, वे अधिकांश मनुष्यों को बड़ी कठिनाई से प्राप्त हो पाते हैं। हे पुत्र, यद्यपि ये वर सामान्यतया उपलब्ध नहीं हो पाते, तथापि मैं तुम्हें प्रदान करूँगा।
3 तब अमोघ वर देने वाले ब्रह्माजी दैत्यों में श्रेष्ठ हिरण्यकशिपु द्वारा पूजित
By Kumari Kunti Dasi
There is only one word to describe the Next Generation Leadership conference - excitement. There was a buzz felt throughout the two-day virtual conference, by youth and youth leaders that lingered on after in group chats and social media.
Over Valentine’s holiday weekend, February 13-14th, 2021, just under 100 devotee youth leaders and youth workers gathered for the ISKCON 3.0 Next Generation Leadership Conference to share their realizations, stories, and goals for buildin
Tomorrow we shall be celebrating the appearance anniversary of Varaha avatar. Varaha is Krishna appearing in the extraordinary form of a gigantic boar—gigantic enough to carry the Earth on His tusks. Sound amazing? It is. And why should the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead be anything less than supremely amazing?
Koladvipa is an emblem of “pada-sevanam” or rendering devotional service unto the lotus feet of the Lord. This island is also known as Koladvipa parvata. “Kola” means bo
अध्याय तीन – हिरण्यकशिपु की अमर बनने की योजना (7.3)
1 नारद मुनि ने महाराज युधिष्ठिर से कहा: दैत्यराज हिरण्यकशिपु अजेय तथा वृद्धावस्था एवं शरीर की जर्जरता से मुक्त होना चाहता था। वह अणिमा तथा लघिमा जैसी समस्त योग-सिद्धियों को प्राप्त करना, मृत्युरहित होना और ब्रह्मलोक समेत अखिल विश्व का एकछत्र राजा बनना चाहता था।
2 हिरण्यकशिपु ने मन्दर पर्वत की घाटी में अपने पाँव के अँगूठे के बल भूमि पर खड़े होकर, अपनी भुजाएँ ऊपर किये तथा आकाश की ओर देखते हुए तपस्या प्रारम्भ की। यह स्थिति अतीव कठिन थी, किन्तु सिद्
By Acarya dasa, All-India Padayatra leader
Padayatra reached the large and colorful Gujarati city of Rajkot on February 5, 2021. Rajkot ISKCON temple president Sriman Vaishnavseva dasa, a disciple of Mahavishnu Swami Maharaja, loves padayatra. He has followed the AIP since it entered Gujarat and arranged the grand welcome for us at Dwarka on completion of our sixth round of India. He sent two devotees to padayatra who have been walking with us since Dwarka and also welcomed padayatra in the town
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“As a matter of principle, devotees should read, speak and hear Srimad-Bhagavatam persistently, twenty-four hours daily if possible. That is the recommendation of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu” Srila Prabhupada Srimad Bhagavatam 5.6.16, Translation and Purport
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By Madhava Smullen
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bhakti Center in New York City has been offering a new selection of virtual yoga teacher training and meditation teacher training programs, as well as training in Ayurveda and kirtan.
Taking advantage of the online format, the classes are held at times that also accommodate a global audience – often hour-and-a-half sessions from 5:30 to 7:00pm on weekdays, with some modules offered between 10:00am and 5:00pm on weekends. This
अध्याय दो – असुरराज हिरण्यकशिपु (7.2)
1 श्री नारद मुनि ने कहा: हे राजा युधिष्ठिर, जब भगवान विष्णु ने वराह रूप धारण करके हिरण्याक्ष को मार डाला, तो हिरण्याक्ष का भाई हिरण्यकशिपु अत्यधिक क्रुद्ध हुआ और विलाप करने लगा।
2 क्रोध से भरकर तथा अपने होंठ काटते हुए हिरण्यकशिपु ने क्रोध से जलती हुई आँखों से आकाश को देखा तो वह सारा आकाश धूमिल हो गया। वह इस प्रकार बोलने लगा।
3 अपने भयानक दाँत, उग्र दृष्टि तथा रोषपूर्ण भौंहों के दिखाते हुए, देखने में भयानक उसने अपना त्रिशूल धारण किया और एकत्र हुए अपने असुर सं
By Giriraj Swami
Today is Siva-ratri. Vaishnavas generally do not celebrate Siva-ratri, and to begin, I will explain why, with reference to the Bhagavad-gita. We read from Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Chapter 7, “Knowledge of the Absolute,” text
23.
antavat tu phalam tesam
tad bhavaty alpa-medhasam
devan deva-yajo yanti
mad-bhakta yanti mam api
TRANSLATION
Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets
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By Garuda Das
The picture above is of Tom and I in his library at his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, taken about two years ago, when he was eighty-nine years of age. Tom and I were very good friends and close colleagues. Please note the books on some of the shelves behind us: all the Līlāmṛtam volumes, the three original “Delhi” Bhāgavatams, other books by devotees, and a complete set of the Journal of Vaishnava Studies on the top shelf.
Saturday, February 20, 2021
My Dear
Diving deep into the core elements of our philosophy as expounded in the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, GBC Strategic Planning Team (SPT) invites you to join us for an enlivening talk by Kadamba Kanana Swami.
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About Kadamba Kanana Swami
Kadamba Kanana Swami started his spiritual life in Vrndavana, the Holy land of Krishna and immediately felt he found his home. He became a disciple of HH Jayadvaita Swami.
He joined ISKCON in 1978 shortly after Srila Prabhupada’s departure from this wo
By Madhava Smullen
“The Rising Sun: Vrindavan Samadhi Diary” by Alfred Valerio (Bhaktisiddhanta Das), now available on Amazon Kindle, recounts the story of how the Vrindaban samadhi, or mausoleum, for ISKCON’s Founder-Acharya Srila Prabhupada was built.
Author Bhaktisiddhanta Das, a seasoned professional in bronze casting, fiber-glass and mixed media sculpture, assisted in the design and construction of both the Vrindaban Samadhi and Mayapur Pushpa Samadhi of Srila Prabhupada. He also created s
Amala Ratna is a highly devotional-type of person with a night job. She drives around from skating rink to skating rink in the downtown area for maintenance of those operations. They are all over the city and kids/adults are on a craze about gliding on ice. While walking on an average day I come upon these ice fields in parks and I’m sure, one day, I’ll have the opportunity to meet up with Amala and wish her a “Haribol!” Which means “say the name of Krishna!”
During a phone call today, I spoke
अध्याय एक – समदर्शी भगवान (7.1)
1 राजा परीक्षित ने पूछा: हे ब्राह्मण, भगवान विष्णु सबों के शुभचिन्तक होने के कारण हर एक को समान रूप से अत्यधिक प्रिय हैं, तो फिर उन्होंने किस तरह एक साधारण मनुष्य की भाँति इन्द्र का पक्षपात किया और उसके शत्रुओं का वध किया? सबों के प्रति समभाव रखने वाला व्यक्ति कुछ लोगों की तरह किसी के प्रति पक्षपात करेगा और अन्यों के प्रति शत्रु-भाव रखेगा?
2 भगवान विष्णु साक्षात पूर्ण पुरुषोत्तम भगवान तथा समस्त आनन्द के आगार हैं, अतएव उन्हें देवताओं का पक्ष-ग्रहण करने से क्या लाभ म
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“Metpally . . . Radha-Krishna installation . . . festival . . .” Our ashram at ISKCON Chowpatty was buzzing with this discussion last week when I visited after a gap of few days. Many brahmacharis were excited about visiting this small town in Telangana, around 800 kms from Mumbai. The temple managers were busy arranging for all the essential services that had to be taken care of in the absence of so many devotees.
Ever since lockdown was imposed in Mumbai and the rest of Indi
By Gauranga Das
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) stands appraised and recognized with one of the highest honors nationally- “IGBC Green Champion Award 2020” during the 18th edition of ‘Green Building Congress’ organized from 29th – 31st October 2020. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), was unanimously chosen as a winner of the 7th IGBC Green Champion Awards under the category of ‘Pioneering Institution in sensitizing the masses by going green
The Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies, founded by American businessman Robert T. Bigelow, is currently running an essay competition on “Best Evidence for Afterlife.” Bigelow is the owner of hotel chain Budget Suites of America and the founder of Bigelow Aerospace.
According to http://www.bigelowinstitute.org/, “The goal of the essay contest is to award contestants for writing papers that summarize the best evidence available for the survival of human consciousness
